Archive for the Tag 'Kate Winslet'

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Reviewed by Bruce

Kate Winslet won a well-deserved Oscar this year – for the wrong performance. She did as much as could be expected from any actress in The Reader, a bloated, sensationalistic, preposterous story, in which her performance seemed to convince Academy voters. Perhaps those same voters might care to rent Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS?

4 comments Thursday 04 Jun 2009 | blogadmin | drama, movie reviews, recommendations, romance

THE READER – Reviewed by David

Its win for Best Actress aside, The Reader will most likely be remembered as That Holocaust Film With Kate Winslet. But it’s really a story about the power of shame, one that’s well-acted and impeccably shot and yet lacking in any real kind of emotional warmth.
Based on a book by Bernhard Schlink, it starts off [...]

1 comment Saturday 18 Apr 2009 | blogadmin | drama, movie reviews, romance